Legal Opinion
Big Cats of Serenity Springs, Inc. v. Rhodes
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 12, 2016No. 15-1174PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TYMKOVICH, Chief Judge.
Big Cats of Serenity Springs is a Colorado-based non-profit that provides housing, food, and veterinary care for exotic animals. The facility is regulated by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), established pursuant to the Animal Welfare Act. Three APHIS inspectors accompanied by El Paso County sheriffs deputies broke into the Big Cats facility without its permission- to- perform an unannounced inspection of two tiger cubs. But at the time the inspectors entered the facility, the cubs were at a veterinarian’s…
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